HP has expanded its networking portfolio with new ProCurve offerings integrated with its BladeSystem infrastructure solutions. These, claims the maker, enable customers to increase performance, security and management of both physical and virtual environments.
The new offerings include the ProCurve 6120 series designed to leverage the HP BladeSystem infrastructure and an expansion of the HP ProCurve 8200 and 5400 Ethernet switch portfolio. Coinciding with the release is a firmware upgrade to HP Virtual Connect. This allows users to change bandwidth on the fly to respond to fluctuations in application requirements.
IT analyst Nick Lippis said the integration of ProCurve Networking blade switches with the BladeSystem infrastructure marks “a pivotal change for HP as the company aggressively diverges itself from the competition.”
Lippis said: “These new HP solutions provide customers the proven reliability of standards-based computing, in addition to lowering maintenance and operational costs.”
HP ProCurve also offers two new standards-based blade switches which, says HP, increase service quality, lower costs and reduce risks in the data centre.
HP also announced enhancements to its Adaptive Infrastructure Maturity Model (AIMM) for both end-users and channel partners. The maturity model includes new tools that help customers improve return on investment by providing the information needed to make informed technology purchase and operational decisions.
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